Polepeople

Sex, high heels and rock ‘n’ roll wooh!
Ahem, ok not quite… but now that I’ve got your attention, anyone thinking pole-​dancing is all posing in heels and sticking your tush out needs to think again! This 2hr class for a friend’s hen gave me a whole new perspective on how fit you need to be, and turned into the funniest, naughtiest and also toughest work-​out of my life!
This is Polepeople’s own dance studio, a bit of an industrial warren of corridors with no signs so don’t wander off. Wanted to review it for how awesome our instructor was — Jai, a washboard-​stomached pro who remembered all 11 of our names after only one mention and quickly put us at ease. She had us in stitches at ‘what not to do’ and got even the quietest of the group strutting their stuff, despite the mirrored studio of poles initially looking a bit daunting.
The class lets everyone go at their own pace so suited all coordination and fitness levels, from the gym bunnies to those who had barely exercised since school PE (I’d put myself somewhere in the middle!). You’ll soon be using muscles you didn’t even know you had, and by the second half everyone seemed glad there were more girls than poles as it gave you a rest between goes!
In 2 hours we learned how to pull off several tricks and moves (once she’d broken them down into baby steps) that actually looked pretty impressive and sexy (well, at least when she did them!). Turns out I had a natural talent for ‘The Corkscrew’ — who knew?! ;) hmm, prob best to keep the pics under wraps methinks…
For about £20pp (or less for more peeps) I highly recommend this session of high-​heeled girly fun — can’t put a price on the feel-​good factor from getting active to awesome tunes, lots of giggles and letting your inner minx out for a bit! A word of warning though: not sure whether it was the fact that I missed most of the warm-​up, or got overenthusiastic with the tricks or whether I’m just hopelessly unfit, but ohh the pain the morning after — my thighs and upper arms actually didn’t work for a week :-$ So err warm up properly and give it a go — after all, it’s healthy!